Sun Quan slept badly that night and woke up from his dreams several times.

Before falling asleep, he knew the news that Sima Yi had abandoned the city and left, and it was precisely because of this news that he couldn't sleep for a long time.

It took Li Yan less than two days to conquer Wancheng. Compared to this achievement, the battle of Xiangyang, which once shocked him very much, is really nothing. He analyzed with Hu Zong and Zhang Wen for a long time, and realized that a change in siege tactics was happening in front of their eyes, and this would bring fundamental changes to future wars.

Although the thunderbolt is an ancient war equipment, it has disappeared in history for a long time, and the recent reappearance on the battlefield is the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao used it to deal with Yuan Shao, because the sound is like a thunderbolt, so it is called the thunderbolt. was able to confront Guandu and Yuan Shao for so long, and Thunderbolt made great contributions.

But the Thunderbolt did not become the protagonist of the battlefield because of this battle. The reason is simple, the Thunderbolt requires a lot of manpower to operate, and the shooting speed is slow, the accuracy is poor, and it is inconvenient to move.

The thunderbolt really shined and became the protagonist of the offensive and defensive battles of the city, which appeared with the birth of Wei Ba. Their father and son rushed to Guanzhong, solved a series of jishu problems, used the thunderbolt to take Chang'an, and used the thunderbolt to defend Tongguan, which fully demonstrated the power of the thunderbolt, which prompted Wei and Wu to also pay attention to the thunderbolt jishu.

Wei has Ma Jun, and the Jishu of the Thunderbolt is also improving very quickly, and the Wu State is a little slower, but after getting the blueprints of the Thunderbolt directly from Wei Ba, they came from behind and overtook the Wei State.

However, when he thought that Wu's thunderbolt Jishu was already on par with the Shu Han army. He found that Wei Ba still had one hand left: the making of stone bullets. Without an adequate supply of stone bullets, the power of the thunderbolt was greatly limited, so he was bent on getting the stone bullet making jishu from Wei Ba and solving this zuihou problem.

However, once again, Wei Ba shattered his optimism. Wei Ba used more than 1,000 thunderbolts to launch together, pushing siege tactics to a new level. Compared with this tactic, the almost magical clay pot bomb is not actually the protagonist, this large-scale offensive is the biggest innovation.

At present, only Weiba can complete such innovation. Whether it's a thunderbolt or a large supply of stone bullets, or a new type of pottery bullet. This is all based on Wei Ba's jishu. There is no Wei Ba's jishu. It is unlikely that such tactics will be imitated.

Jishu suddenly became Sun Quan's biggest weakness. Wei still has Ma Jun, but Wu only has Zhang Fen, and Zhang Fen's jishu is not one or two points worse than Wei Ba. It can well be imagined. in the next period of time. It is difficult for Wu to surpass Shu Han.

Sun Quan believed in the principle of the strong. Whoever is strong, he is attached to. But he also has his own principle, that is, he cannot give up his existing interests. Otherwise, no matter who you are, you will have to fight to the end, just like when you faced Cao Cao's army.

However, he really didn't want to be an enemy of Wei Ba at this time, because he couldn't see the slightest hope of victory.

The current situation seems to be a little more tense than the thirteenth year of Jian'an.

Sun Quan leaned on the pillow, sighed secretly, and frowned.

"Father-" Sun Luban rushed in like the wind, threw himself on the side of the couch, took Sun Quan's hand, and smiled before saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Sun Quan looked at his daughter in surprise. Sun Luban was wearing battle armor, and his hair was also tied into a man's hair, and in a trance, it seemed that Sun Yi was standing in front of him again.

"Father, I captured Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao." Sun Luban giggled, his face was bright, and his eyes were shining.

"Really?" Sun Quan sat up and touched Sun Luban's face: "Girl, it's really a little tiger." Well, my grandson's big tiger is no worse than the Guan family's tiger girl, hahaha......"

Sun Luban's face was flushed with excitement, and his eyes narrowed into crescent moons.

"So, you've won a big victory?"

"Big win." Sun Luban waved his arms, his eyebrows fluttering: "We chased all night and captured a lot of prisoners, just counted out, more than 5,000 people, and counting the other people's captures, I estimate that at least more than 10,000, and there are countless military equipment." Father, you know, there is still a lot of grain in Yacheng, and Sima Yi didn't dare to set fire to the grain in order to escape and be a little more hidden. ”

Sun Quan smiled, his mouth a little bitter. Sima Yi was so embarrassed that it was unimaginable. Of course, it will not be Sima Yi who can't be imagined, and before that, I'm afraid no one would have thought that this battle would be like this.

It's a pity that the winner is not himself. Fortunately, the losers are not themselves.

"Oh, by the way, Li Yan wants to meet with his father, please ask me to come and discuss the location process with my father. Father, they have won the battle, and they can help you fight Kunyang. As long as Wei Ba pulls those thunderbolts over together, whether it is Kunyang or Luoyang, they will all be taken with a random bombardment. ”

Sun Quan couldn't help but laugh, how could it be so easy to say in his heart. Kunyang may still be possible, but Luoyang can't even think about how much manpower and material resources it will take to transport so many thunderbolts to Luoyang. Whether it is Shu Han or Wu State, they can't support this war at the moment.

Sun Quan immediately got up, asked Zhang Wen to summon him, and sent him to discuss relevant matters with Li Yan.

……

Li Yan was in a very good mood, and Meng Da and the others were also smiling, talking and laughing around Li Yan. It only took two days and nights to conquer Wancheng, so that Sima Yi fled in the desert, captured tens of thousands of prisoners, and seized a lot of grain, temporarily solving the problem of military rations.

It was a hearty victory.

The task of the Northern Expedition has been successfully completed, and Li Yan wrote a good news to the Son of Heaven in Chengdu as soon as possible, striving to present a great gift to the Son of Heaven in time for the New Year. Everyone here has merit, and there is no need to say that he will be promoted to a knighthood. The New Year is approaching, with this great victory, everyone's hearts are full of joy, smiling, even Deng Zhi and Ma Jian are smiling. It can be seen that they are also very satisfied with this result.

Li Yan looked at everyone's faces, secretly smug in his heart. The great work has been done, and it is time to go back to Chengdu. Helping Wu to capture Kunyang was not his main task, and it was impossible for him to go into battle in person, so how could a dignified hussar general play the vanguard for King Wu? It is enough to send a lieutenant to go.

The key is who to send.

Meng Da made a great contribution, but he was still not satisfied, so he greeted him in advance yesterday, hoping that he could arrange this task for him. Li Yan knew that Meng Da wanted to deal well with the Wu people, and it would be more convenient to guard Wancheng in the future. A long time ago, he had been in contact with the Wu people, and when Sima Yi attacked Fangling, he asked Lu Xun for help. Now in the Han-Wu Alliance, of course, he is like a fish in water.

However, Li Yan did not plan to give this task to Meng Da. It's not that he doesn't trust Meng Da - he believes that Meng Da will listen to him, and because of this, he doesn't want Meng Da to do this work. Meng Da already has enough credit, and this promotion is expected, and he can already help him, not inferior to Kunyang. Besides, if he gets too close to Wu Ren, it may not be a good thing.

Ma Jian and Deng Zhi also want this task, the purpose is of course very simple, who doesn't want to make another contribution?

But Li Yan didn't plan to give them either, he wanted to give this task to Wei Ba. The reason is very sufficient, in addition to him and Meng Da here, Wei Ba has the highest military rank, and his prestige is unmatched, and no one will complain if he commands the battle.

In addition to the official reasons, Li Yan also has other intentions. He is very clear about Wei Ba's purpose of helping him make meritorious contributions, and in the same way, he is not willing to let Wei Ba hide behind his back, let him face Zhuge Liang's counterattack alone, and pull Wei Ba together, it is better than fighting alone, and Zhuge Liang has been fighting for so many years, Li Yan is very clear about Zhuge Liang's methods.

Therefore, in the face of the enthusiastic eyes of Meng Da, Ma Yan and others, Li Yan never let go.

However, Wei Ba never came, Zhang Wen was almost there, and he didn't see Wei Ba's shadow.

Li Yan was a little unhappy, and said to Wei Feng: "Zirou, what is Ziyu busy with, we are still waiting for him to discuss the matter, let him put what he has at hand in advance, and it is not too late to get busy after finishing business." ”

Wei Feng heard Li Yan's words, and hurriedly responded, and was about to leave the account, when Fei Yi walked in with Zhang Wen, and he stopped Wei Feng.

"Zirou, you don't have to go."

Wei Feng looked at him blankly, Li Yan was also a little surprised, and his face sank: "Wen Wei, why didn't Wei Ziyu come to discuss the matter?" ”

Fei Yi smiled bitterly: "General, you don't have to wait for him." He's not coming. ”

"Why?" Li Yan was annoyed, isn't this not a loss of face for me.

Fei Yi walked up to Li Yan, explained in a low voice, and said, "General, General Zhennan's impeachment form was just sent out in the morning, and he will not participate in the affairs here." He said that he was going to return to Linyuan with the guard battalion and the Wei family's military guards, and before Bixia sent the edict to the edict, he would have a good time with his family, and asked the general to be lenient. ”

Li Yan was stunned, and then understood. He looked at Fei Yi, twitched the corners of his eyes, and deliberately laughed and scolded: "This little vertical is really good at tricks, playing tricks to the prime minister's head?" I'm going to see how he gets through this time. ”

Fei Yi smiled helplessly. He knew that Li Yan must be disappointed now, and his hopes of dragging Wei Ba into the water were in vain. From Fei Yi's point of view, he definitely didn't want Wei Ba and Li Yan to get too close, Wei Ba wanted to stay away and keep a distance from Li Yan, of course he raised his hands in favor.

Li Yan didn't say anything more, beckoned Zhang Wen to take a seat, and vaguely said that Wei Ba had something to do temporarily and couldn't participate in the meeting. Meng Da and the others were a little surprised when they heard this, but they didn't ask more.

Wei Ba hid and did not come forward, Li Yan had to re-elect the general, and after a simple consultation, he made a decision. The protector Chen Zhi was the main general, and Ma Tan and Deng Zhi were the deputies, leading Wei Feng, Zhang Wei and other generals and 30,000 troops and a large number of ordnance to support the Wu army in attacking Kunyang. Meng Da led an army of 10,000 to garrison Wancheng, and Zong pre was the deputy, and he himself led the forbidden army back to Chengdu to offer prisoners to the Son of Heaven.

……

Meixi, Wei Ba stepped onto the warship, Wei Wu drooped his head and followed behind.

"What, you don't want to come with me?"

"Brother, the battle here isn't over yet, let's go, isn't it ......?"

"The next battle is not something that can be solved with a knife." Wei Ba raised his hand and hugged Wei Wu's shoulder: "Zilie, don't worry, there will be a time when you will get tired of fighting in the future." ”

"That can't be." Wei Wu grinned: "Brother, why don't we go to conquer the Southern Barbarians?" ”

(End of Volume II)...... (To be continued......)